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Andrew Orlowski of The Register recounts all the gadgets\r
- supercharged with AI that he came across at IFA tradeshow last\r
- week -- and wonders what value AI brought to the table. He\r
- writes: I didn't see a blockchain toothbrush at IFA in Berlin\r
- last week, but I'm sure there was one lurking about somewhere.\r
- With 30 vast halls to cover, I didn't look too hard for it.\r
- But I did see many things almost as tragic that no one could\r
- miss -- AI being squeezed into almost every conceivable bit of\r
+ [1]supercharged with AI that he came across at IFA tradeshow\r
+ last week -- and wonders what value AI brought to the table .\r
+ He writes:\r
+ \r
+ > I didn't see a blockchain toothbrush at IFA in Berlin last\r
+ week, but I'm sure there was one lurking about somewhere. With\r
+ 30 vast halls to cover, I didn't look too hard for it. But I\r
+ did see many things almost as tragic that no one could miss --\r
+ AI being squeezed into almost every conceivable bit of\r
consumer electronics. But none were convincing. If ever there\r
was a solution looking for a problem, it's ramming AI into\r
gadgets to show of a company's machine learning prowess. For\r
the consumer it adds unreliability, cost and complexity, and\r
- the annoyance of being prompted. [...] Back to LG, which takes\r
- 2018's prize for sticking AI into a superfluous gadget. The\r
- centrepiece of its AI efforts this year is a robot, ClOi. Put\r
- Google Assistant or Alexa on wheels, and you have ClOi. I\r
- asked the booth person what exactly ClOi could do to be told\r
- "it can take notes for your shopping list." Why wasn't this\r
- miracle of the Fourth Industrial Revolution let loose on the\r
- LG floor? I wondered -- a question answered by this account of\r
- ClOi's debut at CES in January. Clearly things haven't\r
- improved much -- this robot buddy was kept indoors.\r
+ the annoyance of being prompted.\r
+ \r
+ >\r
+ \r
+ > [...] Back to LG, which takes 2018's prize for sticking AI\r
+ into a superfluous gadget. The centrepiece of its AI efforts\r
+ this year is a robot, ClOi. Put Google Assistant or Alexa on\r
+ wheels, and you have ClOi. I asked the booth person what\r
+ exactly ClOi could do to be told "it can take notes for your\r
+ shopping list." Why wasn't this miracle of the Fourth\r
+ Industrial Revolution let loose on the LG floor? I wondered --\r
+ a question answered by this account of ClOi's debut at CES in\r
+ January. Clearly things haven't improved much -- this robot\r
+ buddy was kept indoors.\r
+ \r
+ \r
+ \r
+ [1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/05/consumer_ai_ifa_2-\r
+ 018_roundup/\r
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** Stupid industry fads (Score:5, Funny)\r
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